Clothes-stick.



S. HARDING.

CLOTHES STICK. APPLICATION FILED AUGIB, 1909. RENEWED 001'. 4, 1911.

1,024,401 Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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' SAMUEL HARDING, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CLOTHES-STICK.

Application n l ed August 16, 1909, Serial No. 513,149. Renewed October4, 1911. Serial No. 652,845.

To a whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HARDING,

citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Stick, ofwhich the following 1s 'a specification.

gage the clothes and This inven ion relates to clothes sticks employedin lifting clothes from wash b011- ers. V i

The principal object of this invention is to provide a device which willeffectively enprevent the same from slipplng'ofi'.

Another object of the inventlon 1s to provide a device which is simplein construction, cheap to manufacture, and positive in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrlficing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:.Figure 1 is a plan view 7 of the stick. Fig. 2 is an endview thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the wire head, and Fig. 4 is asectional view of the end of the handle showing the Wire head securedtherein.

Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawlng.

Referring to the drawing, the Invention comprisesza handle 4 of anysuitable construction and material, having arranged on one end thereof aclothes-engaging head formed from a single piece .of wire. The centralportion 5 of the wire head is arranged transversely of the handle, andis re erably secured to the end of the handle y any suitable fasteningmeans 6, the said means, in this instance, consisting of a staple, and"the said wire being arranged within a slot 7 in the said end of thehandle. The wire is bent at both sidesof the handle to form oppositelyarranged W-"shaped portions, that is to say,'one portion being uprightand the other inverted. Each of. these portions embodies a plurality ofspaced fingers 8 formed by the bends of the wire, and

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8*. Furthermore, each of thesefingers are respectively arranged toextend on opposite sides of the central line of the head, and at rightangles with respect to the center of the handle. The fingers thereforeconstitute a substantially flat extended surface for the purpose ofpushing the clothes down into the water in the boiler. The ends of theWire are respectively bent rearwardly and inwardly toward the handle toform extensions or braces 9-9, the wire then continuing along the handlefor a certain distance, as shown by reference numeral 10, and securedthereto by staples or other suitable fastening means 10. The ends of thewire are then bent outwardly from the handle to form arms 1111, whichare shown in the drawings as being substantially V-shap'ed, although, aswill. be apparent, any other angle or curve would answer the samepurpose. The ends of. the arms 11 are then arranged along the handle for'a short distance, and the extreme ends 12 thereof are 'bent inwardly'and arranged within the openings 13 of the handle, the said'end 12 beingsecured to the handle by staples or other suitable fastening means 12*.7

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that the fingers 8 and 8of the head will readily engage the clothes, and the arms 11-11 willserve as a support for the clot-hes. Thus, it will be observed that thestick can not only be employed for lifting clothes from a boiler but forsupporting the said clothes while the same arebeing moved from theboiler to a tub or the like, the operation thereof eliminating alldanger of the operator being scalded by the hot water.

It will be noted that the V-shaped arms 11 are arranged to extend atright angles to the handle and at right angles to the fingers 88 of theW-shaped portions. I

While the preferable construction is to make the arms 11 integral withthe W- shaped portions, I do not wish to be limited thereto.

The arms 11 are shorter than the W- shaped portions at the end of thehandle. When the'stick is used to take the clothes from the boiler, thebraces 9 with the W- shaped portions forming the flat head cooperatewith the arms 11 to provide a. wide support for the clothes which may becaught up by the stick.

What I claim is -l. A clothes stick comprising a handle having a headformed from a single piece of wire secured on one end thereof, said headincluding a plurality of transversely arranged fingers at the end of thehandle and oppositely arranged clothes. supporting arms at anintermediate point of the handle.

2. A clothes stick comprising a handle having a head formed from asingle piece of wire, said wire head being secured at its center to theend of the handle, the wire then extending in opposite directions andbent to'form a plurality of fingers, the wire then being bent rearwardlyand inwardly toward and secured to the said handle.

3. A clothes stick comprising a handle, and a wire head secured to thesaid handle and formed from a single piece of wire, the center of thewire being secured to the end of the handle, the wire extending inopposite direotions from the handle and bent to form substantiallyW-shaped portions, one portion being upright and the other reversed, thebends of each portion constituting fingers which are arranged in thesame plane, the free ends of the wire then being respectively bentrearwardly and inwardly toward and arranged along the handle for acertain distance and secured thereto by a fastening means, the free endsof the wire being respectively bent outwardly to form substantiallyV-shaped clothes supporting arms, and the extreme ends of the wire beingbent inward and arranged to engage plurality of oppositely arrangedfingers ar-- ranged in the same plane at right angles to the handle andforming a flat extended surface for pushing the clothes down into thewater, an extension or brace at each. end of the head for connecting itwith the handle, and arms extending from opposite sides of the handle inthe same plane as the extensions or braces, said arms being shorterthan" the latter and cooperating therewith to provide an extendedsupport for the clothes when removing them from the boiler.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, SAMUEL HARDING. Witnesses:

CHARLES HENRY MYERS,

ALBERT LEWIS HOENER, Jr.

